Harmony
What Harmony means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Harmony
Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain Harmony in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Notes sounded together rather than a single line of pitches, covering a succession of chords and sometimes single chords.
A musical element distinct from the lyrics, such as a chord pattern.
Topics that use Harmony
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Dynamics and performance matters (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Organisation of pitch (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Melody
- 12-bar blues
- Aural identification
- Bass line
- Broken chord
- Chord sequences
- Chords and double stops
- Conjunct
Using Harmony in the exam
Check the command word and mark scheme for your exact question. After comparing your explanation with the reference, use the term in an answer on the linked topic. This practice does not predict an exam mark.
Practise Music questions
Create a free account to answer exam-style questions on this topic and get feedback on your answers.
A week of Premium from your first lesson · Then the free plan continues · No card, no charge